Catching the solitary tune of Kinnaram: a new documentary explores the journey of a folk music artiste
The Hindu
Sound Mani, a student at the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Institute in Chennai, has shot a series of documentaries on artiste Arunachalam Ayya and traditional string instrument Kinnaram
A documentary shot by a sound engineering student at the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Institute in Chennai has thrown light on a 63-year-old solitary folk music artiste, who has been playing Kinnaram, a traditional string instrument for over half a decade. Sound Mani, the final-year student, happened to chance upon the Kinnaram artiste Arunachalam Ayya of Nandhavanam in Tiruppur district, when he was pooling funds to help traditional music artistes across the State during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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